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0A504
0A504 Optical sighting devices for firearms (including shotguns controlled by 0A502); and “components” as follows (see List of Items Controlled).
- Category
- Category 0—Nuclear Materials, Facilities, and Equipment, Firearms, Ammunition [and Miscellaneous Items]
- Product group
- A. “End Items,” “Equipment,” “Accessories,” “Attachments,” “Parts,” “Components,” and “Systems”
Reason for Control
- FC
- RS
- CC
- UN
Official text
License Requirements
Reason for Control:
FC, RS, CC, UN
Control(s) Country chart (see Supp. No. 1 to part 738)
- RS applies to paragraph .i RS Column 1.
- FC applies to paragraphs .a, .b, .c, .d, .e, .g, and .i of this entry FC Column 1.
- CC applies to entire entry CC Column 1.
- UN applies to entire entry See § 746.1(b) of the EAR for UN controls.
List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740 for a Description of All License Exceptions)
LVS: $500 for 0A504.g.
GBS: N/A
List of Items Controlled
Related Controls: (1) See USML Category XII(c) for sighting devices using second generation image intensifier tubes having luminous sensitivity greater than 350 µA/lm, or third generation or higher image intensifier tubes, that are “subject to the ITAR.” (2) See USML Category XII(b) for laser aiming or laser illumination systems “subject to the ITAR.” (3) Section 744.9 of the EAR imposes a license requirement on certain commodities described in 0A504 if being exported, reexported, or transferred (in-country) for use by a military end user or for incorporation into an item controlled by ECCN 0A919.
Related Definitions: N/A
Items:
a. Telescopic sights.
b. Holographic sights.
c. Reflex or “red dot” sights.
d. Reticle sights.
e. Other sighting devices that contain optical elements.
f. Laser aiming devices or laser illuminators “specially designed” for use on firearms, and having an operational wavelength exceeding 400 nm but not exceeding 710 nm.
Note 1 to 0A504.f:
0A504.f does not control laser boresighting devices that must be placed in the bore or chamber to provide a reference for aligning the firearms sights.
g. Lenses, other optical elements and adjustment mechanisms for articles in paragraphs .a, .b, .c, .d, .e, or .i.
h. [Reserved]
i. Riflescopes that were not “subject to the EAR” as of March 8, 2020 and are “specially designed” for use in firearms that are “subject to the ITAR.”
Note 2 to paragraph i:
For purpose of the application of “specially designed” for the riflescopes controlled under 0A504.i, paragraph (a)(1) of the definition of “specially designed” in § 772.1 of the EAR is what is used to determine whether the riflescope is “specially designed.”
ecfr-15cfr774-supp1-2026-08-28 · effective 2026-08-28
Issue date 2026-08-28. Amendment date 2026-08-28.
- eCFR Commerce Control List (15 CFR 774, Supplement No. 1)www.ecfr.gov
- eCFR versioner XML captured at ingestwww.ecfr.gov
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